The Missionary Centennial 

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN 
NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN 

The Northern Baptist Convention 

The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 

Tremont Temple, Boston 


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1814 • The Missionary Centennial • 1914 

THE NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION 


Wednesday, June Twenty-fourth 

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The Afternoon Session 


1. Hymn 


{Th( people rising 


Tune, Italian Hymn 


Thou, whose almighty word 
Chaos and darkness heard, 
And took their flight. 
Hear us, we humbly pray; 
And where the Gospel’s day 
Sheds not its glorious ray. 
Let there be light. 


Spirit of truth and love. 
Life-giving holy Dove, 
Speed forth Thy flight; 
Move o’er the waters’ face 
Bearing the lamp of grace. 
And in earth’s darkest place 
Let there be light. 


Thou, who didst come to bring 
On Thy redeeming wing 
Healing and sight. 

Health to the sick in mind. 
Sight to the inly blind, 

O, now to all mankind 
Let there be light. 


Holy and blessed Three, 

Glorious Trinity, 

Wisdom, Love, Might! 
Boundless as ocean’s tide 
Rolling in fullest pride 
Through the world, far and wide. 
Let there be light! 


2. The Reading of the Seventy-second Psalm and the Con¬ 
certed Praying of the Lord’s Prayer 

Rev. T. A. T. Hanna, Pennsylvania 

(Who married Emily Judson) 


3. The Presentation of the Veterans who Attended the 
Jubilee at Philadelphia in 1864. 


Mrs. S. L. Brackett, Pennsylvania 
Frances N. Brooks, Massachusetts 
Rev. G. S. Chase, Massachusetts 
Rev. M. B. Comfort, New York 
Rev. A. R. Crane, New Jersey 
Mrs. A. J. Gordon, Massachusetts 
Rev. G. B. Ilsley, Maine 
Rev. G. W. Lasher, Ohio 


Rev. A. G. Lawson, New York 
Rev. A. J. Padelford, Massachusetts 
Mrs. Sarah Potter, Illinois 
Rev. T. W. Powell, Ohio 
Rev. V. A. Sage, New York 
Mrs. E. O. Stevens, New York 
Mrs. S. J.Taylor, District of Columbia 
Rev. D. W. Wilcox, New York 


’63. Rev. D. A. W. Smith, Burma 
’63. Mrs. D. A. W. Smith, Burma 
’63. Mrs. Mary E. Colburn, Massachusetts 

Response on behalf of the Veterans (ten minutes) 

Rev. M. B. Comfort, Assam and New York 




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4. Address, Adoniram Judson (thirty minutes) 

Rev. 0. P. Gifford, D.D., Massachusetts 

5. Address, The Judson Centennial in Burma (twenty minutes) 

Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, D.D., New York 


6. Hymn 


{Thf people rising) 


Tune, Missionary Chant 


Jesus shall reign where’er the sun 
Does his successive journeys run; 

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 

For Him shall endless prayer be made 
And endless praises crown His head; 

His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise 
With every morning sacrifice. 


Blessings abound where’er He reigns; 
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains; 
The weary find eternal rest. 

And all the sons of want are blest. 

Let every creature rise and bring 
Peculiar honors to our King; 

Angels descend with songs again, 
And earth repeat the loud Amen! 


7. Address, One Hundred Years of American Baptist Missionary 

History (sixty minutes) Rev. Nathan E. Wood, D.D., Massachusetts 


8. Hymn 


{The people rising 


Tune, Materna 


This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. Howard B. Grose, D. D., Editor 
of Missions. 


A hundred years sing praise to Thee, 
Eternal God above; 

And countless voices raise to Thee 
Their grateful hymns of love. 
These wondrous years their story tell 
Of peoples born again. 

Of nations bowed beneath the spell 
Of Him who died for men. 


On Burma’s shores, where Judson wrought, 
Lo, ransomed hosts upraise 
The banner of the truth he taught. 

And sing the songs of praise. 

So India, China, and Japan, 

While idol temples fall, 

See converts hail the Son of Man, 

And crown Him Lord of all. 


All lands redeemed sing praise to Thee, 
O Christ, our Lord and King; 

We join the choir and raise to Thee 
Love’s joyous offering. 

A hundred years! Ring out, glad bells. 
The Gospel full and free. 

While all the mighty chorus swells 
The praise, O Lord, to Thee. 


9. Address 


Adoniram B. Judson, M.D., New York 


10. Address 


Rev. Edward Judson, D.D., New York 


11. Prayer and Benediction 


Dr. Edward Judson 









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The Evening Session 


1. Hymn 


{Tkg people rtstng) 


Tune, Coronation 


All hail the power of Jesus’ name! 

Let angels prostrate fall; 

Bring forth the royal diadem, 

And crown Him Lord of all. 


Let every kindred, every tribe, 
On this terrestrial ball. 

To Him all majesty ascribe, 
And crown Him Lord of all. 


Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget 
The wormwood and the gall. 

Go, spread your trophies at His feet. 
And crown Him Lord of all. 


Oh, that with yonder sacred throng 
We at His feet may fall; 

We’ll join the everlasting song 
And crown Him Lord of all. 


2. Reading of Scripture and Prayer . . Rev. Walter Bushell, Burma 

3. Address, The Baptists and the Future of Foreign Missions (sixty 


minutes).Rev. William C. Bitting, D.D., Missouri 

4. Hymn. Tune, Harwell 


{The people rising) 

This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. J. M. Lyons, of Germantown^ 
Pa., eighty-six years of age, and was given first place by the committee. The first stanza con¬ 
tains a reminiscence of Grant’s troops cheering him as he passed by the lines in the terrible but 
victorious campaign of 1864. 


Onward speed, ye men of Heaven, 

Haste ye for the thickest fight. 

Holy trusts to you are given. 

True defenders of the right. 

Lo, the world is in commotion. 

Great events and grand are nigh; 

Pledge anew your hearts’ devotion, 

Your great Leader’s passing by. 

Here the fathers took their station, 
Teaching love divine for man; 

Rise, proclaim the great salvation. 

Carry on what they began. 

Up and on, nor halt, nor linger. 

Nor be idly waiting found. 

Lo, Faith points with radiant finger 
Where the victors glad are crowned. 

Through the clouds the light is breaking 
And the ling’ring shadows flee. 

Joyful souls, from slumber waking. 

Shout the year of Jubilee. 

Hallelujah, let glad voices 
Sound it over hills and plains; 

Now the host redeemed rejoices, 

Lo, our Lord Jehovah reigns. 

5. Sending Out the Missionary Reenforcements. 








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Official List of New Appointees 
American "Baptist Foreign Mission Society 

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Sailed previous to the Convention 

Asher K. Mather Judson C. King, M.D. 

Mrs. Asher K. Mather Mrs. Judson C. King 


Sailing in the Fall of 1914 


Godfrey L. Bergman 
Mrs. Godfrey L. Bergman 
Raymond B. Crawford 
Ruth Daniels 
I. Newton Earle, Jr. 

Mrs. I. Newton Earle 
Royal H. Fisher 
Mrs. Royal H. Fisher 
Victor Hanson 

Fiancee: Lucia M. Parks 


Mrs. 1. F. Holder 
Archibald D. McGlashan 
Amy Porter 
Walter E. Rodgers 
Mrs. Walter E. Rodgers 
William H. Stallings 
Clarence E. Van Horn 
Fiancee: Alice M. Dwells 


Sailing in 1915 or thereafter 


Archibald G. Adams 
Mrs. Archibald G. Adams 
Harold de B. Barss 
Mrs. Harold de B. Barss 
Zo D. Browne 
Mrs. Zo D. Browne 
Alexander C. Hanna 
Mrs. Alexander C. Hanna 
Herbert C. Long 


Walter P. McLeod, M.D. 

Fiancee: Ruby Bruner 
Frank P. Manley 
Fiancee: Edith Argo 
Jesse E. Moncrieff 
Leslie B. Moss 

Fiancee: Marion Venn 
Maurice T. Price 
Robert S. Wallis 

Fiancee: Caroline P. Langworthy 


Appointees of the Woman^s American Baptist 
Foreign Mission Society 


Harriet Bennett 
Alice C. Bixby 
Omie E. Carter 
Mabelle R. Cully 
Violet G. Ettenger 
Helen M. Good 
Elizabeth Hay 


Marion C. Mason 
Ethel Phelps 
Susan Roberts 
Ethel M. Smith 
Harriet N. Smith 
Florence R. Weaver 




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6. Hymn 


{The people rising 


Tune, Cutler 


The Son of God goes forth to war, 
A kingly crown to gain: 

His blood-red banner streams afar, 
Who follows in His train? 

Who best can drink His cup of woe, 
Triumphant over pain; 

Who patient bears His cross below. 
He follows in His train. 


A glorious band, the chosen few 
On whom the Spirit came. 

Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew 
And mocked the cross and flame: 

They met the tyrant’s brandished steel. 

The lion’s gory mane. 

They bowed their necks, the death to feel: 
Who follows in their train? 


The martyr first, whose eagle eye 
Could pierce beyond the grave. 

Who saw his Master in the sky. 

And called on Him to save: 

Like Him, with pardon on his tongue. 

In midst of mortal pain. 

He prayed for them that did the wrong: 
Who follows in his train? 


A noble army, men and boys. 

The matron and the maid. 

Around the Saviour’s throne rejoice. 

In robes of light arrayed: 

They climbed the steep ascent of heaven 
Through peril, toil, and pain: 

0 God, to us may grace be given 
To follow in their train. 


7. Benediction 


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The Centennial of the American Baptist 
Foreign Mission Society 

Thursday, June Twenty-fifth 

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The Morning Session 

1. Hymn, Christ for the World We Sing 

No. 1 in “The World Evangel,” but the ordinary tune. 

{The people rising) 

2. Prayer .Rev. William Pettigrew, Assam 

3. Address, The Challenge of the Hour 

President Carter Helm Jones, D.D., Washington 

4. Open Parliament 


5. Hymn, The Morning Light is Breaking 

No. 283 in “The World Evangel,” first tunc. 
{The people rising) 


6 . 


Introduction of Rev. Arthur C. Baldwin, Foreign Secretary 






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7. Brief Addresses by Missionaries 

Rev. S. E. Moon, Congo 

Rev. G. H. Hamlen, Bengal-Orlssa 

Rev. J. M. Baker, South India 


8. Hymn 


Tune, America 


This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Rev. James Many, Washington, D. C. 

{The people rising 


Our fathers gave their all, 
When they heard Jesus’ call 
To save the world; 

Into the heathen land 
Went forth that sacred band 
To honor God’s command, 
And save the world. 


Theirs was a sacred trust. 
Pray, give, and go they must 
To save the world. 

They did not seek for fame. 
But went in Jesus’ name 
Lost peoples to reclaim 
And save the world. 


Now, in the morning glow. 

Up, Christians, forward go 
To save the world; 

God’s truth and love declare 
To all men everywhere; 
Christ’s glorious triumph share 
And save the world. 

9. Business 


10. Prayer 

11. Adjournment 

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The Afternoon Session 

1. Hymn, No. 48 in ‘‘The World Evangel” 

{The people rising 

Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found. 
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound; 

Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound. 

The Comforter has come. 

Chorus: The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come, 

The Holy Ghost from heaven, the Father’s promise given; 
Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found. 

The Comforter has come. 

The long, long night is past,* the morning breaks at last. 
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast. 

As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast. 

The Comforter has come. Chorus 

Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings. 

To every captive soul a full deliverance brings; 

And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings. 
The Comforter has come. Chorus 

O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine 
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine — 
That I, a child of sin, should in His image shine? 

The Comforter has come. Chorus 





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2. Prayer .Rev. J. M. Foster, D.D., China 

3. Report of the Judson Centennial Commission 

President George E. Horr, D.D., Chairman 

4. Brief Addresses by Missionaries 

Rev. J. E. Cummings, D.D., Burma Rev. C. L. Davenport, Burma 

Rev. D. A. W. Smith, D.D., Burma Rev. H. B. Benninghoff, Japan 

Rev. David Gilmore, Burma Rev. R. B. Longwell, Assam 

Rev. Jacob Speicher, China 

5. Hymn, Onward, Christiati Soldiers 

No. 215 in “The World’s Evangel.” 

{The people rising) 

6. Award of Centennial Prize Libraries 

Mr. Henry Bond, President of the Convention 

7. Address, The Appeal of the East to the Churches of the West 

Rev. W. A. Hill, Minnesota, Member of the Centennial Party to the 
Far East 


8. Hymn . Tune^ The Son of God Goes Forth to War 


This hymn was written especially for this 
Bennington, Vt. 

Awake, awake, O Church of God! 

Comes now to thee the call 
Of Christ, thy Lord, who bids thee on 
Till every foe shall fall. 

What though the hosts of darkness stand, 
Their last fierce battle make? 

The Victor, Christ, He summons thee; 

O Church of God, awake! 

0 Church of God, lose not the day. 

That now has come to thee; 

A world, awaking from its sleep. 

Is waiting light to see. 

On heathen altars fires burn low. 

Forsaken temples are; 

Now, now advance, let idols fall. 

And Christ be known afar. 


occasion by Rev. Wallace I. Coburn of North 


The fathers heard; they followed fast, 

And eager met the foe, 

The prison’s chain, the dungeon’s gloom. 
And drank the cup of woe. 

With faith-cleared eye they saw the Lord, 
The meaning of His cross; 

For mankind’s sake, for Jesus’ love. 

All things they counted loss. 

The toil and labor of the years. 

Let these not be in vain; 

Haste, reap where others sowed in tears. 
And weary served in pain. 

Thy sons, thy daughters ready are 
To dare for Jesus’ sake; 

O golden hour! What call is thine! 

0 Church of God, awake. 


9. Presentation of Fraternal Delegates 







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Missionary Organizations which have sent Greetings, 
with Names of Fraternal Delegates "Present 


Boards in the United States 


American Advent Mission Society . 

American Bible Society. 

Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention 

China Inland Mission (American Branch). 

Mission Board of the Christian Church. 

Foreign Christian Missionary Society. 

Christian and Missionary Alliance . 

General Mission Board of the Church of the Brethren . . 
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 
Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association .... 
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America . . 

American Friends’ Board of Foreign Missions. 

Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia 
Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the United States and 

Canada . 

Board of Foreign Missions of the General Synod of the Evan¬ 
gelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America 
Parent Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the 

African Methodist Episcopal Church. 

General Missionary Board of the Free Methodist Church 

of North America. 

Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal 

Church. 

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South 
Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Protestant 

Church. 

Missionary Education Movement. 

Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presby¬ 
terian Church in the United States. 

Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in 

the United States of America. 

Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian 

Church of North America. 

Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in the United States of America . , 
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in 

America. 

Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in the 

United States . 

Seventh-Day Adventists Denomination. 

Student Volunteer Convention. 

Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ 
Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel 

among the Heathen. 

Foreign Department of the International Committee of 
Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America . 
Foreign Department of the National Board of the Young 
Woman’s Christian Associations of the United States of 

America. 

The World’s Christian Endeavor Union. 

Boards in Canada 

Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board. 

Canada Congregational Foreign Missionary Society . . . 
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, Canada 
Foreign Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church in 
Canada — Western Division. 


Rev. George F. Tyler 
Mr. Churchill H. Cutting 
Rev. T. B. Ray 

Rev. M. T. Morrill, A.M. 
Rev. A. McLean, D.D. 


WiLLiAu Douglas Mackenzie, 

D.D., LL.D. 

Rev. A. G. Lawson, D.D. 


Mr. Mornay Williams 
Rev. L. L. Uhl, D.D. 


Rev. Edward S. Ninde, D.D. 
Rev. W. W. Pinson, D.D. 

Rev. Fred C. Klein 
Walter S. Schutz 

Rev. George Alexander, D.D. 

Rt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, D.D. 
Rev. E. W. Miller, D.D. 

Rev. A. R. Bartholomew, D.D. 
Rev. J. C. Robbins 

Rev. Paul deSchweinitz, D.D. 


Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., 
LL.D. 

Mr. J. N. Shenstone 






























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Boards in Great Britain 

Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Brethren’s Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among 

the Heathen. Rev. Paul deSchweinitz, D.D. 

British and Foreign Bible Society.. 

China Inland Mission.^. 

Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. 

Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East . . . 

Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee .... 

Continuation Committee of the World Missionary Con¬ 


ference, Edinburgh. John R. Mott, LL. D. 

Friends’ Foreign Mission Association. Rev. R, L. Simkin 

London Missionary Society . 

Mission to Lepers in India and the East. Mrs. W. M. Danner 


Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of 

England. 

Regions Beyond Missionary Union. 

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 

Sudan United Mission.. 

United Free Church of Scotland’s Foreign Mission Com¬ 
mittee . Rev. James Stalker, D.D. 


The Missions of the Society 


Missions in Burma. 

Missions in Assam. 

Missions in South India .... 
Missions in Bengal-Orissa . . . 
Missions in South China .... 
Missions in East China .... 
Missions in West China .... 
Missions in Central China . . . 

Missions in Japan . 

Missions in Africa. 

Missions in the Philippine Islands 

Missions in France. 

Missions in Germany. 

Missions in Sweden. 

Missions in Spain.. . 

Missions in Russia . 

Missions in Finland. 

Missions in Denmark. 

Missions in Norway. 


Rev. D. A. W. Smith, D.D. 
Rev. M. C. Mason, D.D. 
Rev. A. H. Curtis 
Rev. G. H. Hamlen 
Rev. Jacob Speicher 
Rev. Charles S. Keek 
M r. D. S. Dye 

Rev. H. B. Benninghoff 
Rev. P. C. Metzger 
Rev. P. H. J. Levigo, M.D. 


Rev. O. J. Engstrand 


Rev. John A. Kallman 
Rev. P. Stiansen 


Other Cooperating Societies of the Convention 

American Baptist Home Mission Society. Rev. H. L. Morehouse, D.D. 

American Baptist Publication Society. Rev. A. J. Rowland, D.D. 

Woman’s American Baptist Flome Mission Society . . . Mrs. A. G. Lester 

Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society . . Mrs. H. B. Montgomery 

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10. Address by President William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D., 
Hartford, Connecticut, representing the American Board of Com¬ 
missioners for Foreign Missions, and speaking on behalf of all the 
Fraternal Delegates 


11. Hymn 


{The people rising) 


Tune, Grostete 









































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Soon may the last glad song arise 
Through all the millions of the skies — 
That song of triumph that records 
That all the earth is now the Lord’s! 


Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be 
Obedient, mighty God, to Thee! 

And over land and stream and main. 
Wave Thou the scepter of Thy reign! 


Oh, let that glorious anthem swell. 
Let host to host the triumph tell. 
That not one rebel heart remains, 
But over all the Saviour reigns! 


12. Prayer and Benediction 

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The Evening Session 

1. Hymn . Tune^ Federal Street 

This hymn was written especially for this occasion by Miss Ellen Hamlin Butler of Bangor, 

{The people rising 


Maine. 


Saviour of men, to Thee belong 
Worship and praise in holy song. 
Angels exalt Thy power above; 

Ours is the rapture born of love. 

All that Thy people call their own. 
Thou hast bestowed, and Thou alone. 
All that we dare to do or be. 

Master of life, has come from Thee. 


Still dost Thou stretch beseeching hands. 
Longing to bless the outer lands. 

Still is Thy dearest hope denied. 

Still is Thy love unsatisfied. 

Lord, here and now, our souls prepare, 
Gird us Thy tireless quest to share. 

Till earth’s last kingdom we behold, 
Shepherd of nations, in Thy fold. 


2. Prayer .Rev. A. H. Curtis, South India 

3. Address, Money or Life 

Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D., General Secretary of the Society 


4. 


Hymn 


(The people rising) 


Tune, Doane 


Fling out the banner: let it float 

Skyward and seaward, high and wide; 
The sun that lights its shining folds. 
The cross on which the Saviour died. 

Fling out the banner: angels bend 
In anxious silence o’er the sign. 

And vainly seek to comprehend 
The wonder of the love divine. 


Fling out the banner: heathen lands 
Shall see from far the glorious sight; 
And nations, crowding to be bom, 
Baptize their spirits in its light. 

Fling out the banner: let it float 

Skyward and seaward, high and wide: 
Our glory only in the Cross, 

Our only hope, the Crucified. 


5. 

6 . 


Address, Why We Should Enlarge Our Plans 

John R. Mott, LL.D., Chairman of the Continuation Committee of 
the Edinburgh Conference 

Hymn . Tune, Austria 

{The people rising) 


We are living, we are dwelling 
In a grand and awful time. 

In an age on ages telling; 

To be living is sublime. 

Hark, the waking up of nations, 
Gog and Magog to the fray: 
Hark, what soundeth? is creation 
Groaning for its latter day? 


Worlds are charging, heaven beholding, 
Thou hast but an hour to fight; 

Now the blazoned cross unfolding. 

On, right onward, for the right! 

On, let all the soul within you 
For the truth’s sake go abroad. 
Strike, let every nerve and sinew 
Tell on ages, tell for God. 


7. Prayer and Benediction 









